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Accident Route 15 - 6/24/06

Crash Closes Route 15 for 3 Hours

As reported by The Hanover Evening Sun

 

State Police at Gettysburg closed both directions of Route 15 in Freedom Township for more than three hours Saturday to reconstruct a two-vehicle crash that resulted in six injuries.

At 1:35 p.m., Courtney Lockwood of Portsmouth, Va., was traveling north on Route 15 about one mile south of Business Route 15 in Freedom Township when she reached down to pick something up and lost control of her Pontiac Montana, police said.

It traveled over the left shoulder across the road to the right shoulder and then back across the northbound lanes. The vehicle then traveled across the median and onto the southbound lanes, police said

Then, police said a 2005 Honda CR-V driven by Robert Michnowicz, of Fairfax, Va., struck the Pontiac on the passenger side.

Lockwood's passengers, including 29-year-old Hollie Tyler and three children a 9-year-old boy that was ejected from the car, a 6-year-old boy and a 4 year-old girl were all flown to Hershey Medical Center.

Lockwood was sent there by ambulance. Tyler and Lockwood were in good condition Saturday night, according to hospital officials.

Michnowicz was sent to Gettysburg Hospital and discharged Saturday evening.

Police say all adults in the vehicle were wearing seat belts but officers were unsure Saturday weather the children were properly restrained.

 

Photos by of Robert Rosensteel Jr.